lcullifer - Welcome! Yup, weighing in on Mondays is a good motivator for the week and hekps keep weekends under control. I weigh in on Saturdays but everyone here weighs in on whatever day works best for them.

Karen - Wow, a workout room with a view of the forest - sounds ideal! No, Merrells don't make it with a skirt and neither do Danskos. I didn't (of course) go shoe shopping - maybe this weekend when I have 3 days off. Mmmm, those scones sound wonderful. I hope they were good. It must be tough to have to forgo real food for a while. One of these days, we'll re-do our kitchen and I know I'll be in that situation then. It wasn't overly warm over the weekend but it was sunny and in the high 40's so I figured I'd better plant the bulbs before the weather turns frigid again.

Carla - Congratulations on a week journalling and a week on program! I'm glad to hear that your ankle and knee are feeling better although I'm sorry you seem to be coming down with something! We are supposed to be getting some rain tomorrow (I think) and have 50's weather again (yesterday it reached 58!). I hope you enjoyed the brats - we're going to have some (turkey) kielbasa later in the week (not core) but I'm looking forward to it and should have the flex points for it.

Kelly Jo - Good for you for getting out the door! I also feel better when I exercise. I really miss the cardio and can't wait for my hip to feel better. The yoga feels good, but I love my cardio. One pound lost is still a great result - congratulations!

Vegasgyrl - It's always tough to change scales. Fish fries happen - I always find if I count and journal the points, it makes it easier to move on.

Rachel - I'm glad you've found a little peace and are eating again. I think it is good for your husband to start counseling, no matter what happens with your marriage. I totally agree with you and Carla about the trip in Feb - no way he should go alone if he is serious about the saving the marriage. I think your attitude, which seems to me to be very (a lot) cautious and a little hopeful is a good place to be. There is a long way to go but it sounds like you know that you are strong enough to deal with whatever happens and deal with it in such a way that it is best for your and your girls - good for you! I too am hoping that things work out for the best for you, whatever that may be. {{HUGS}}

Moom Jaguar - bad snacks happen. What's great is that you went out and bought point appropriate snacks for yourself so good for you! I find that I feel so much better overall when I am sticking to program.

Emily - Wow! Way to go on your great loss! I can't say I can tell you how you keep at goal since I haven't gotten there but what I hear from people in my meeting who are lifetime members is that you keep doing what you are doing now, 'cause it's a lifestyle not a diet. You may want to see if there's a WW forum here for lifetimers.

Jen - Welcome! It sounds like you are all set to lose the rest - joining the gym is a great idea and it gives you that a little of that "me" time that we all need.

KristieKat - congratulations on the great loss! I have found that going on core after the holidays has really helped me cut off the holiday munchies. Have you ever thought of doing core?

Gypsyladie - Congratulations on the great first week results!

Loser29 - Welcome and congratulations on the great first week loss!

I've had a good couple of days. I'm stayed OP, did some yoga yesterday and some stretching this morning and have tried to make my snacking core and limited. Today was a good day at work, as was yesterday. I've been in a number of 2nd grade classrrooms while the teachers have been testing reading levels. I did reading groups this morning - it was very satisfying and great to put the literacy courses I took to good use! I didn't exercise today but plan on doing some strength when I get home tomorrow (there was a faculty meeting after work today). My hip has good days and bad days. So far today is a good day. Yesterday wasn't. I'm trying to be better about icing it - hopefully it will start to show some steady improvement soon.

Have as great one!
Judy

Congratulations to the losers so far this week! :cp: Well done, everyone.

I have to run as Lucy (dog #2) is due at the vet in half an hour, she's got some sort of abcess on her leg that needs attention.

Hi, just joined this wonderful site today and was wondering if I can join in here. I also belong to Soulcysters and see a few of the members belong here too.

I'm Tanya, aged 36, and a WAHM to 4 boys aged 12, 10, 6 and 3. I started doing WW at home today and need support. I've made (yet another) resolution to achieve my goal this year. Prior to having children I weighed 115-120lbs and with each baby gradually got heavier and heavier. I'm now the heaviest I've ever been (176lbs at 5ft 4) - aside from during pregnancy and was diagnosed with PCOS about 18 months ago. My goals are to lose 44lbs this year through adopting a healthy lifestyle rather than crash dieting exercising crazily only to put it all back on again, feeling better about myself and getting my PCOS symptoms under control.

I'm looking forward to getting to know you all.

Just catching up on this week's posts - your weight losses are inspirational.

KellyJo I find exercise definitely spurs me along to eat better and helps me feel better too - although today I overdid it and am so sore.

Rachel I'm so sorry for your troubles. I'm glad you're feeling at peace at least. I really hope it all works out for you.

Moon Arggh, I hate binge attacks. I'm a compulsive overeater and once I start on the crap I find it almost impossible to stop. I tend to be an all or nothing dieter so WW is definitely going to be a challenge to stay on track.

Emily WTG on being so close to your goal. That must feel wonderful - I can't wait til I'm saying the same thing.

Jen I used to work part-time on reception at a gym so had free membership. I loved the gym too - once I get going it's hard to leave, it gives me such a high. Preston is adorable, BTW.

Gypsieladie Congrats - 5lbs in a week is awesome.

Loser2B 6lbs is amazing. Congrats on sticking to the plan on your own.

Vegasgyrl Good luck with the new scales.

Carla Hope you feel better soon.

Judy What's OP? Hope your hip comes right soon.

Merrylegs Good luck with your dog at the vet.

Sorry if I missed anyone. Better dash - need to make dinner. I'm starving.

Hi all.

Judy - We're having the same weather as you - 50s and rainy. I did indeed enjoy the brat I had at my mom's house. I have to remember that I have some reduced fat kielbasa in my freezer (it's a beef, pork, turkey combo) and make it. I hope that your good days with your hip keep increasing.

Karen - I hope all is well with Lucy.

Tanya - Welcome! I'm assuming the picture under your name is of your boys - they're adorable. You've set a sane and sensible goal for yourself.

I'm reporting a 4.2 pound loss this week. That puts me squarely back at my pre-Christmas holiday weight, so now it's onward and downward. Right now my challenge to myself is to stick with the journaling and lose something each week between now and my next dr.'s visit on March 7th. I so don't want to have to go on the diabetes medication. And now off to get Ana out of bed and start the day.

Have a great one.

Carla

Carla Yes that's a pic of my boys - they're inside a tree. WTG on the weight loss this week. Best of luck continuing with your loss and avoiding diabetes meds. That's one motivation for me with having IR - if I carry on the way I have been I'll be a very likely candidate for diabetes in the not too distance future.

I managed to complete my first day on the plan. I've just been on the WW site and ordered a few things from the shop. I was a member about 5 years ago but only stuck it out for 12 weeks. I had my old WW cookbooks and a points guide so am pretty set but a few more cookbooks wouldn't go amiss. I'm amazed at the amount of food I had to eat to make up my points - I didn't go hungry at all, although I'm sure all the water I drank had something to do with that. I'm a little bummed that it's pouring with rain so I can't get out for a walk. So much for Summer - the good weather hasn't really started yet.

Questions - What is the difference between the Points plan and the Core plan and if you're just not hungry should you eat all your points anyway? There was no mention of the Core plan on our WW site.

Better go have a shower - it's nearly 11am and I'm not dressed yet. Ah the joys of school holidays and not having to rush.

Tanya, I know that not all countries have exactly the same plans, so perhaps you don't have CORE in New Zealand. With CORE you don't have daily points. Rather there's a list of CORE foods (think whole grains, fruits, veggies, lean meats, and fat free dairy). The premise is no counting, you just eat until satisfied. You do still get the weekly 35 points to spend on foods not on the CORE list. As for not being hungry, while I don't think it's good practice to eat under your point level on a regular basis, I also don't see the harm in occasionally not eating all your points if you're not hungry.

Good Morning Girls! First off let me say WELCOME TO THE NEWCOMERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Silverfern, I too have PCOS and am on Glucophage for the IR (although I don't eat IR :) and have been on it for a long time so pretty much the GI aspects don't affect me anymore.

I am so stoked to hear of all your losses (EVERYONE) and look forward to losing again. I figured that I would get back into the walking again and then next week Or the Next I am not sure........I will start focusing on my eating. It is so flippin hard to do everything at once and haven't found my NICHE yet. I need to get back to where I was last year.......I started with the walking and then started focusing on my eating so that is what I am going to do again. Nathan's birthday is tomorrow and we will be taking him out to eat (sat is his party at the bowling alley) my "BABY" is going to be 5!!!!!!!!!!! Yuck, what a way to feel old :dizzy: I have been getting up tp walk this week-so funny though-yesterday my back hurt and I had shin splints so I didn't walk. WEEEELLLLLLLL, at around 3:30 KC (the dog) go out and I chased him around the neighborhood for about 15 mins and then walked Jordan (my 18mo. old) around for another 10- and played catch w/a football with DH in the fron yard for about 15mins....so I got in my exercise afterall!!!!!! The football was fun, told DH we need to do that more often.

Ok, I am rambling again, too much about me....gotta go shower, taking the dog to the vet, groomer and have a playdate YEAH!!!! Adult Convo!
See ya later?!!!! Have a great day girls!!

Hey...anyone signed up for the discoveryhealth body challenge?
I am and it starts Sat.....wanna join me?

Kelly, I'm glad you posted about the discovery health challenge. I signed up for it and completely forgot.

Hi everyone. Sorry I have been MIA (missing in action) again. I have been reading the magazines about diets that came out.

Today is going to be a very long day for me though. Today was my weigh in day. I am ready to throw in my towel. I gained 2.2 pounds this week! Which means that in the 14 weeks that I have been doing WW I have only lost a total of 3 pounds! That is not even a quarter of a pound a week loss!!! I am seriously thinking that I am supposed to be fat. My doctor sure didn't want to help. I am thinking of finding another doctor.

Silverfern - WW always tells me the reason I don't lose weight is because I am not able to eat all of my points! Your supposed to eat your daily points, plus some activity points, plus some flex points. Well, I can't even eat my daily points let alone anything else most of the time! When I was able to attend meetings they told me my body was in "starvation mode" (many people disagree with that term... but that is what WW told me... and my doc said it too) and that I MUST eat ALL of the points in order to lose weight. Not... that I believe that.. but that is what they said. It is different for everyone.

Well, I have to run some errands... then I think I am going to sleep this day away. Taking all of my dieting supplies to the trash sounds like a good idea too! But my hubby would not be to happy with that.

I hope you all have a good day and had better weigh ins.

a basket case again
 

well everyone I am feeling so confused and hopeless.
My hubby went to counseling yesterday, that is the good news.
He still says he loves me and wants to fight to save our marriage.
The bad news is, he is still planning to go to California on Feb 3 for two weeks, alone. He says the trip has nothing to do with the other woman, he has things he needs to do for himself as far as closure when it comes to his mother, doing some things for his stepfather, seeing his old friends, stuff like that. He says I am making it about Tracy when it's not, and he doesn't even know how he feels about her (but there are strong feelings there). He will not promise me that he won't see her, and he will not promise me that he will not sleep with her either. he says the more we are together and the better things go with us, the less likely he will feel the need to be with her.
So now, what do I do? He tells me he loves me and wants to make it work, but I feel so sad and awful and betrayed. How can I let him go and sit around and wait for him to make up his mind?????? How is that fair to me?
He said this is not about me or us.
Whatever.
What I want to know is WHEN will it be about me and about my feelings and what I want? How is what he is doing not completely selfish??
I have been so patient and kind and willing to try to forgive him, willing to go to counseling, willing to try. now he SAYS he is trying, but to me, if he goes to CA without me I feel like it is the ultimate betrayal. It's not fair.
He has been home since Friday, except for Monday night when he went to his sisters. Last night he said he wasn't going to stay, that he feels like if he moves back home he is letting me control him. But he stayed the night anyway.
I thought I would feel better with him home. My kids are happier, but I feel worse. I feel destroyed. I feel like I have no self-respect. I am afraid to tell him he needs to stay gone, meaning not coming home to make love or talk or do laundry or anything, not coming home until he knows he wants to stay.

Help me girls. I go to the counselor tomorrow. I am mad at her.
She is telling my husband he needs to make himself happy even if it means destroying our family. At least that is what he is hearing her say.
I can't do this. I want to hate him and just get this over with, but when I look at him I just melt, I love him and want him to stay.
It's not fair. I have been there and stood by him all these years. How can he do this to me??? To us? the girls?
I have to go, I'm at work.

Woohoo, 2 days down without incident. I'm feeling a lot less tired already. The amount of water I'm drinking is probably helping a lot since I usually drink very little at all and often feel dehydrated.

Carla I'm sure NZ doesn't have the Core system - it seems to be a verson of the GI diet.

KellyJo I'm not on Glucophage as I suffer badly from PMDD and my Endo said that would tend to make it worse, so I'm only on Flutamide for the excess hair issues I have. Sounds like the exercise you had yesterday was fun - that's what it's all about. Good luck finding your exercise/eating niche. Start with one - the other will follow. I tend to find if I start exercising it motivates me to eat better. Happy Birthday to Nathan for tomorrow. 5 is a big change here as in NZ kids start school from 9am-3pm as soon as they turn 5. Have a fun playdate.

Tracy I'm so sorry WW is not working out for you. I totally agree with Starvation Mode. Do you eat a lot of carbs? I find the less carbs I eat the less I feel hungry, although it does stop the cravings. Eating a lot of fruit is a good way to use up some points without feeling overly full. I hope you find something that works for you. Don't give up!! Just a thought, have you been put on any meds for your high sugar levels? Did the doctor also check your hormone levels to rule out other things like PCOS?

I don't think I'll have trouble eating my points anymore. The first day I felt stuffed all the time, but yesterday I actually had hunger pangs before snacks and meals which is very unusual for me. Normally I graze all day on junk so my body doesn't get the chance to feel hungry :o

Rachel I am so sorry you're going through this right now. You are so right, if your hubby loves you and wants to save your marriage he will do whatever it takes to make that happen. If you're against the trip, he shouldn't be taking it, especially if he can't guarantee he won't see the other woman or not sleep with her. I can imagine it must be such a difficult situation to be in when you still have deep feelings for him and when there are children involved. I can't imagine what I'd do in the same situation but can only give you an uninvolved opinion. It will only become about you and your feelings when YOU make it so. Don't let him make you the victim - in the long run he will respect you more if you stick to your guns. You need to decide exactly what you're prepared to accept, be strong and tell him what HE needs to do to make this work. If he chooses not too, he's made his choice. If you don't make it clear to him what you need to make the marriage work and stick to it it will give him the opportunity to do this to you again and again. Although your girls need their dad, you owe it to them to teach them to be strong and not accept anything less than full commitment and respect from their own relationships in the future. It's great that he's trying to work this all out with a councellor (even though you don't like her) but he should also be working this out with you, not with his friends, family and possibly the other woman as it will only make it harder for him, and you. {{{Hugs}}} to you, I really hope this all works out for you. Please keep us updated.

Well, supposed I should get off my backside and go for a walk before it gets too hot.

Hi all

Tracy - I'm sorry about the gain and the difficulties you've been having. I think you should review your journals. Are you weighing and measuring everything? You may be getting more points than you realize. Look at what you're eating. There are lots of ways to get the points in without bulking up the amount of food you're eating. Use butter on your toast or veggies. Use 2% milk for one of your milk servings. Use full fat salad dressing. Also, I remember that in a couple of your posts you mentioned eating things that you couldn't figure out the points for. Be careful of those things. There are lots of resources on-line to help figure out the points: dottie's weightloss zone (dwlz.com) calorieking.com, dietfacts.com. Hang in there. We'll be here cheering you on.

Rachel - I don't think I could say it any better than Tanya (Sliverfern) has. I could buy him going to CA to help out his step-father, but he can't say in one breath that he wants to save the marriage and in the other say he can't promise that he won't see or sleep with this woman. It seems to me that he may be setting things up, sub-consciously even, to make himself look like more of the good guy. And what's this about you controlling him if he's home. If he feels that you are too controlling, that's an issue for you two to work out in marriage counseling, not for him to work out by sleeping with someone else. Stay strong Rachel. You have a right to have this be about you and your needs as well as him. And honey, I know you hate to hear hit, but if he is truely miserable in the marriage, then yes it's best that he do what it takes to be happy. In the long run, the girls would be better off having a dad who's happy, but apart, rather than at home and miserable where he's likely to just make everyone else miserable as well. And you deserve to be able to find some happiness in your life; you don't deserve having an unhappy husband blaming his unhappiness on you. Hugs to you, Rachel.

Tanya - Doesn't hunger feel good when you know it's there because you're not filling your body up on junk?

Not much new here. I had a busy day today: work, chaperoning a field trip, back to work and then to Target. And now Ana wants to watch Cinderella, so off I go.

Have a good one.

Carla

Hi. No, I don't eat a lot of carbs. At least I don't eat a lot of bad carbs anyway. I do eat veggies and stuff like that. I have done Atkins and SBD so I learned a bit about carbs. But with being a pre-diabetic I don't eat to many bad carbs anymore. And no, my doctor did not do anything except say I was pre-diabetic. I think they just shrugged it off of there shoulders. I am seriously considering another doctor.... a second oppinion. I am not sure exactly what they tested all for. I know they supposably tested for thyroid issues and they said it was fine.

What is PCOS? I have seen that on these boards but never went and figured out what that was.